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- Title
Hammock mitral valve as a cause of atrial flutter: Three months old infant case.
- Authors
Tunaoğlu, F. Sedef; Yıldırım, Ayşe; Akça, Ayla
- Abstract
Summary Hammock mitral valve is a very rare congenital valve disorder. It may lead to mitral stenosis or insufficiency in the pediatric age group. These patients generally present with the symptoms of congestive heart failure or sometimes sudden death may occur. Our case was a three-month-old female infant who presented to our clinic with the symptoms of heart failure. Her cardiac evaluation revealed hammock mitral valve, left atrial dilatation, severe mitral valve insufficiency and atrial flutter. In contrast to adult patients, atrial flutter is a very rare type of cardiac aryhtmia in the pediatric age group. We present this case, because no such a case with atrial flutter resulting from hammock mitral valve has been reported in the literature.
- Publication
Türk Pediatri Arşivi, 2013, Vol 48, Issue 3, p244
- ISSN
1306-0015
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.4274/tpa.570